Saw support and guide



0. w. SOLOMON. SAW SUPPORT AND GUIDE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1921.

1,42826-8 Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

DAVID W. SOLOMON, OF REDMOND, WASHI1\TGTON.

v SUPPORT AND GUIDE.

Application filed February 12, 1921. Serial No. 444,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID W. SoLoMoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Redmond, in the county of King and State of \Vashington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw Supports andGuides, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a support and guide for a saw when undercutting, and its object is the provision of an inexpensively constructedand eflicient device of this character.

The invention consists in a saw guide adapted to be attached to thehandle of an axe which, upon being engaged in a log, constitutes the sawsupporting member.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, adaptation andcombination of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing asaw-guide embodying the preferred form of my invention in use. Fig. 2 isa view of the same shown partly in side elevation and partly in section,said section being taken through line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a planview to a larger scale of the saw-guide illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.Fig. 4 is an end elevation of Fig. 3, with the guide applied to an axehandle which is illustrated in transverse section. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the saw bearing block shown detached.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a modified form of the invention securedto an axe handle; and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical section of Fig.6.

The reference numeral 10 designates an axe the head 11 of which isengaged in a log L so that the axe handle 12 will occupy approximatelythe relative position in which it is represented in Fig. 1.

Said handle provides the support for a saddle block B, which serves as aguide for a saw S. The under surface 13 of said block is formed to aconcavity to fit against the axe handle, or nearly so, and the uppersurface 14 is made of a general convex shape. Protruding from such uppersurface is a plurality of ridges 15 disposed right angularly to the andto the supporting axe handle to which the block it attached. Said ridgesare of longitudinal axis of the block greater depths at the midwidth ofthe block than at the side edges 16 of the block and are furthermore ofgreater widths at their midlengths so as to afford between the adjacentridges a groove 17 which flares from the midwidth of the block towardboth sides, of the latter thereby providing a guideway for a sawbladewhich will enable the latter to be reciprocated at selected angleswith respect to the block and at approximately right angles to the log.

The upper surface of the block between the ridges 15 thereof is providedwith cavities 18 which serve as receptacles for oil for the purpose oflubricating the back, or unserratededge, S of the saw blade when inoperation. I

The device as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, is detachably connectedto an axe handle by a strap 19 and buckle 20. Said strap is slotted toprovide a recess through which the ridges 15 of the block extend, andwith the strap elements 19 at each side of the slot secured to the blockas by means of bolts 21.

When unemployed the device shown in the views above referred to may bereadily removed from the axe handle, and may be shifted longitudinallyupon the handle. This feature of the invention is of impor-' tance inpractice as it enables the operator to readily produce two undercuts inclose relations to eachother in the event of a tendency in the log topinch or clamp the saw.

Where it is desirable to permanently retain the saw guiding device uponthe handle, the modified form of block shown in Figs. 6 and 7 maybeadvantageously used. In this embodiment the block is formed with amultiplicity of ridges with intervening saw guiding grooves orguideways, and is secured to the axe handle by screws 22 or anequivalent. In the construction just described the block is madesomewhat thinner than with the removable ty e in order that the axemaybe convenient y used for chopping, trimming branches, etc.

The invention has many advantages over other appliances hitherto in usefor supporting and guiding saws in undercutting, it has no rollers orwheels and is durable, is not subject to derangement, and safeguards thehandles of axes from torsional strains or from becoming mutilated bypreventing gitudinal axis of the block, said block be- 1 the saw bladefrom contact-mg wlth an axe 111g provlded wlth CELVltlQS for alubrlcant,

handle. and means to secure said block in place.

What I claim, is Signed at Seattle Vashington, this 27th A sew guide andsupport, comprising a day of December 1920.

saddle-shaped block adapted to seat upon DAVID W. SOLOMON.

an axe handle, the convex surface of the Vitnesses:

block being provided with a sew-guiding PIERRE'BARNES,

groove arranged right angularly to the 1011- MARGARET G. SUPPLE.

